Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Full reference: M. J. Brisson. 1762. Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2

Belongs to Balaena according to M. J. Brisson 1762

Sister taxa: Balaena affinis, Balaena arcuata, Balaena cullamach, Balaena dubusi, Balaena forsythmajori, Balaena larteti, Balaena macrocephalus, Balaena montolionis, Balaena mysticetus, Balaena pampaea, Balaena ricei, Balaena simpsoni

Subtaxa: Balaena vulgaris groenlandica

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Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder